Prospective payment for nursing homes increased therapy provision without improving community discharge rates
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This study examines how the prospective payment system set up by the US Health Care Financing Administration impacts therapy utilization and community discharge rates for skilled nursing facilities. In this system therapy is paid for based on the amount provided, rather than the amount needed to restore the functioning of the individual; thus, there has not been an improvement in the community discharge rate.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2001
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Assessing the appropriateness of pain medication prescribing practices in nursing homes
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An analysis on the development and testing of Pain Medication Appropriateness Scale (PMAS), for assessing pain medication prescribing in nursing homes, is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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A multifaceted intervention to implement guidelines improved treatment of nursing home-acquired pneumonia in a state veterans home
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A study evaluating the efficacy of a set of guidelines, in treating acquired pneumonia in elderly adults in a veterans home, is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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